Resident kernel image linux/vmlinux is in place finally! It requires two inputs:
ESI, to indicate where the 16-bit real mode code is located, aka INITSEG<<4;
BX, to indicate which CPU is running, 0 means BSP, other values for AP.
ESI points to the parameter area from the 16-bit real mode code, which will be copied to empty_zero_page later. ESI is only valid for BSP.
BSP (BootStrap Processor) and APs (Application Processors) are Intel terminologies. Check IA-32 Manual (Vol.3. Ch.7.5. Multiple-Processor (MP) Initialization) and MultiProcessor Specification for MP intialization issue.
From a software point of view, in a multiprocessor system, BSP and APs share the physical memory but use their own register sets. BSP runs the kernel code first, setups OS execution enviornment and triggers APs to run over it too. AP will be sleeping until BSP kicks it.
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startup_32()
{
/* set segments to known values */
cld;
DS = ES = FS = GS = __KERNEL_DS;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
#define cr4_bits mmu_cr4_features-__PAGE_OFFSET
/* long mmu_cr4_features defined in linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
* __PAGE_OFFSET = 0xC0000000, i.e. 3G */
// AP with CR4 support (> Intel 486) will copy CR4 from BSP
if (BX && cr4_bits) {
// turn on paging options (PSE, PAE, ...)
CR4 |= cr4_bits;
} else
#endif
{
/* only BSP initializes page tables (pg0..empty_zero_page-1)
* pg0 at .org 0x2000
* empty_zero_page at .org 0x4000
* total (0x4000-0x2000)/4 = 0x0800 entries */
pg0 = {
0x00000007, // 7 = PRESENT + RW + USER
0x00001007, // 0x1000 = 4096 = 4K
0x00002007,
...
pg1: 0x00400007,
...
0x007FF007 // total 8M
empty_zero_page:
};
} |
In linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds, we have:
. = 0xC0000000 + 0x100000;
_text = .; /* Text and read-only data */
.text : {
*(.text)
... |
[root@localhost boot]# nm --defined /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-28.9 | grep 'startup_32 \|mmu_cr4_features\|pg0\|\<empty_zero_page\>' | sort c0100000 t startup_32 c0102000 T pg0 c0104000 T empty_zero_page c0376404 B mmu_cr4_features |
mmu_cr4_features is in .bss section and is located at physical address 0x376404 in the above example.
After page tables are initialized, paging can be enabled.
// set page directory base pointer, physical address
CR3 = swapper_pg_dir - __PAGE_OFFSET;
// paging enabled!
CR0 |= 0x80000000; // set PG bit
goto 1f; // flush prefetch-queue
1:
EAX = &1f; // address following the next instruction
goto *(EAX); // relocate EIP
1:
SS:ESP = *stack_start; |
"lss stack_start,%esp" (SS:ESP = *stack_start) is the first example to reference a symbol without "-PAGE_OFFSET", which sets up a new stack. For BSP, the stack is at the end of init_task_union. For AP, stack_start.esp has been redefined by linux/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c:do_boot_cpu() to be "(void *) (1024 + PAGE_SIZE + (char *)idle)" in Section 8.2.
For paging mechanism and data structures, refer to IA-32 Manual Vol.3. (Ch.3.7. Page Translation Using 32-Bit Physical Addressing, Ch.9.8.3. Initializing Paging, Ch.9.9.1. Switching to Protected Mode, and Ch.18.26.3. Enabling and Disabling Paging).
#define OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR 0x90020
#define OLD_CL_MAGIC 0xA33F
#define OLD_CL_BASE_ADDR 0x90000
#define OLD_CL_OFFSET 0x90022
#define NEW_CL_POINTER 0x228 /* Relative to real mode data */
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
if (BX) {
EFLAGS = 0; // AP clears EFLAGS
} else
#endif
{
// Initial CPU cleans BSS
clear BSS; // i.e. __bss_start .. _end
setup_idt() {
/* idt_table[256] defined in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
* located in section .data.idt
EAX = __KERNEL_CS << 16 + ignore_int;
DX = 0x8E00; // interrupt gate, dpl = 0, present
idt_table[0..255] = {EAX, EDX};
}
EFLAGS = 0;
/*
* Copy bootup parameters out of the way. First 2kB of
* _empty_zero_page is for boot parameters, second 2kB
* is for the command line.
*/
move *ESI (real-mode header) to empty_zero_page, 2KB;
clear empty_zero_page+2K, 2KB;
ESI = empty_zero_page[NEW_CL_POINTER];
if (!ESI) { // 32-bit command line pointer
if (OLD_CL_MAGIC==(uint16)[OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR]) {
ESI = [OLD_CL_BASE_ADDR]
+ (uint16)[OLD_CL_OFFSET];
move *ESI to empty_zero_page+2K, 2KB;
}
} else { // valid in 2.02+
move *ESI to empty_zero_page+2K, 2KB;
}
}
} |
Refer to IA-32 Manual Vol.1. (Ch.13. Processor Identification and Feature Determination) on how to identify processor type and processor features.
struct cpuinfo_x86; // see include/asm-i386/processor.h
struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data; // see arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
#define CPU_PARAMS SYMBOL_NAME(boot_cpu_data)
#define X86 CPU_PARAMS+0
#define X86_VENDOR CPU_PARAMS+1
#define X86_MODEL CPU_PARAMS+2
#define X86_MASK CPU_PARAMS+3
#define X86_HARD_MATH CPU_PARAMS+6
#define X86_CPUID CPU_PARAMS+8
#define X86_CAPABILITY CPU_PARAMS+12
#define X86_VENDOR_ID CPU_PARAMS+28
checkCPUtype:
{
X86_CPUID = -1; // no CPUID
X86 = 3; // at least 386
save original EFLAGS to ECX;
flip AC bit (0x40000) in EFLAGS;
if (AC bit not changed) goto is386;
X86 = 4; // at least 486
flip ID bit (0X200000) in EFLAGS;
restore original EFLAGS; // for AC & ID flags
if (ID bit can not be changed) goto is486;
// get CPU info
CPUID(EAX=0);
X86_CPUID = EAX;
X86_VENDOR_ID = {EBX, EDX, ECX};
if (!EAX) goto is486;
CPUID(EAX=1);
CL = AL;
X86 = AH & 0x0f; // family
X86_MODEL = (AL & 0xf0) >> 4; // model
X86_MASK = CL & 0x0f; // stepping id
X86_CAPABILITY = EDX; // feature |
Refer to IA-32 Manual Vol.3. (Ch.9.2. x87 FPU Initialization, and Ch.18.14. x87 FPU) on how to setup x87 FPU.
is486:
// save PG, PE, ET and set AM, WP, NE, MP
EAX = (CR0 & 0x80000011) | 0x50022;
goto 2f; // skip "is386:" processing
is386:
restore original EFLAGS from ECX;
// save PG, PE, ET and set MP
EAX = (CR0 & 0x80000011) | 0x02;
/* ET: Extension Type (bit 4 of CR0).
* In the Intel 386 and Intel 486 processors, this flag indicates
* support of Intel 387 DX math coprocessor instructions when set.
* In the Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, and P6 family processors,
* this flag is hardcoded to 1.
* -- IA-32 Manual Vol.3. Ch.2.5. Control Registers (p.2-14) */
2: CR0 = EAX;
check_x87() {
/* We depend on ET to be correct.
* This checks for 287/387. */
X86_HARD_MATH = 0;
clts; // CR0.TS = 0;
fninit; // Init FPU;
fstsw AX; // AX = ST(0);
if (AL) {
CR0 ^= 0x04; // no coprocessor, set EM
} else {
ALIGN
1: X86_HARD_MATH = 1;
/* IA-32 Manual Vol.3. Ch.18.14.7.14. FSETPM Instruction
* inform 287 that processor is in protected mode
* 287 only, ignored by 387 */
fsetpm;
}
}
} |
ready: .byte 0; // global variable
{
ready++; // how many CPUs are ready
lgdt gdt_descr; // use new descriptor table in safe place
lidt idt_descr;
goto __KERNEL_CS:$1f; // reload segment registers after "lgdt"
1: DS = ES = FS = GS = __KERNEL_DS;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
SS = __KERNEL_DS; // reload segment only
#else
SS:ESP = *stack_start; /* end of init_task_union, defined
* in linux/arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c */
#endif
EAX = 0;
lldt AX;
cld;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
if (1!=ready) { // not first CPU
initialize_secondary();
// see linux/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
} else
#endif
{
start_kernel(); // see linux/init/main.c
}
L6: goto L6;
} |
init_task_union happens to be the task struct for the first process, "idle" process (pid=0), whose stack grows from the tail of init_task_union. The following is the code related to init_task_union:
ENTRY(stack_start)
.long init_task_union+8192;
.long __KERNEL_DS;
#ifndef INIT_TASK_SIZE
# define INIT_TASK_SIZE 2048*sizeof(long)
#endif
union task_union {
struct task_struct task;
unsigned long stack[INIT_TASK_SIZE/sizeof(long)];
};
/* INIT_TASK is used to set up the first task table, touch at
* your own risk! Base=0, limit=0x1fffff (=2MB) */
union task_union init_task_union
__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
{ INIT_TASK(init_task_union.task) }; |
init_task_union is for BSP "idle" process. Don't confuse it with "init" process, which will be mentioned in Section 7.2.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// default interrupt "handler"
ignore_int() { printk("Unknown interrupt\n"); iret; }
/*
* The interrupt descriptor table has room for 256 idt's,
* the global descriptor table is dependent on the number
* of tasks we can have..
*/
#define IDT_ENTRIES 256
#define GDT_ENTRIES (__TSS(NR_CPUS))
.globl SYMBOL_NAME(idt)
.globl SYMBOL_NAME(gdt)
ALIGN
.word 0
idt_descr:
.word IDT_ENTRIES*8-1 # idt contains 256 entries
SYMBOL_NAME(idt):
.long SYMBOL_NAME(idt_table)
.word 0
gdt_descr:
.word GDT_ENTRIES*8-1
SYMBOL_NAME(gdt):
.long SYMBOL_NAME(gdt_table)
/*
* This is initialized to create an identity-mapping at 0-8M (for bootup
* purposes) and another mapping of the 0-8M area at virtual address
* PAGE_OFFSET.
*/
.org 0x1000
ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir) // "ENTRY" defined in linux/include/linux/linkage.h
.long 0x00102007
.long 0x00103007
.fill BOOT_USER_PGD_PTRS-2,4,0
/* default: 766 entries */
.long 0x00102007
.long 0x00103007
/* default: 254 entries */
.fill BOOT_KERNEL_PGD_PTRS-2,4,0
/*
* The page tables are initialized to only 8MB here - the final page
* tables are set up later depending on memory size.
*/
.org 0x2000
ENTRY(pg0)
.org 0x3000
ENTRY(pg1)
/*
* empty_zero_page must immediately follow the page tables ! (The
* initialization loop counts until empty_zero_page)
*/
.org 0x4000
ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
/*
* Real beginning of normal "text" segment
*/
.org 0x5000
ENTRY(stext)
ENTRY(_stext)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
* This starts the data section. Note that the above is all
* in the text section because it has alignment requirements
* that we cannot fulfill any other way.
*/
.data
ALIGN
/*
* This contains typically 140 quadwords, depending on NR_CPUS.
*
* NOTE! Make sure the gdt descriptor in head.S matches this if you
* change anything.
*/
ENTRY(gdt_table)
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* NULL descriptor */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* not used */
.quad 0x00cf9a000000ffff /* 0x10 kernel 4GB code at 0x00000000 */
.quad 0x00cf92000000ffff /* 0x18 kernel 4GB data at 0x00000000 */
.quad 0x00cffa000000ffff /* 0x23 user 4GB code at 0x00000000 */
.quad 0x00cff2000000ffff /* 0x2b user 4GB data at 0x00000000 */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* not used */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* not used */
/*
* The APM segments have byte granularity and their bases
* and limits are set at run time.
*/
.quad 0x0040920000000000 /* 0x40 APM set up for bad BIOS's */
.quad 0x00409a0000000000 /* 0x48 APM CS code */
.quad 0x00009a0000000000 /* 0x50 APM CS 16 code (16 bit) */
.quad 0x0040920000000000 /* 0x58 APM DS data */
.fill NR_CPUS*4,8,0 /* space for TSS's and LDT's */ |